To Stay the Bleeding of a vaine that is broken inwardly

Title: To Stay the Bleeding of a vaine that is broken inwardly
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A treatment for bleeding or "broken veins" (possibly referring to internal bleeding) using juice from the betony plant steeped in milk.
Transcript: Rx 4 spounefulls of the juce of beteny in a qrter of a pinte of New Milch in the morning fasting and at 4 in the afternoune this is good also for boiles or breakings oute
Subject: See all items with this value betony (Betonica officinalis); See all items with this value milk; See all items with this value diseases; See all items with this value illness
Contributor: Ochsner, Elizabeth; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Bakir, Mehtap
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

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